<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Milton,<br><div><br></div><div>It's not just a domestic issue. There's a push now in the UN led by Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and other Islamic countries for a UN instrument to ban the "defamation" of a religion, e.g. in cartoons, in line with the promotion of a "culture of peace." The concept has been endorsed by the head of the General Assembly...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/081111_dEscoto.doc.htm">http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/081111_dEscoto.doc.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div> <br><div><div>On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Interesting to me that the religious right in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> is characterizing criticism of their religion as “hateful” and as “bigotry.” It provides an example of why many free speech advocates oppose so-called hate speech regulation, as it could easily be invoked to suppress all kinds of legitimate expression. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Christian Coalition of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> [<a href="mailto:noreply@cc.org">mailto:noreply@cc.org</a>] <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:49 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Milton L Mueller<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Christian Coalition of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> condemns Anti-Christian bigotry...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="610" bgcolor="#BEBBDF" style="width:457.5pt;background:#BEBBDF"> <tbody><tr> <td width="610" style="width:457.5pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt"> <div align="center"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" bgcolor="white" style="width:6.25in;background:white"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><font size="2" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333366"><a href="http://www.cc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="600" height="64" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.cc.org/files/u1/emailbanner.jpg" alt="Christian Coalition of America"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white" style="width:100.0%;background:white"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><!--Message Here--> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white" style="width:100.0%;background:white"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" style="background:transparent;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><u1:place u2:endinsdate="2008-09-03T10:33:00Z" u2:endinsauthor="Unknown" u2:insdate="2008-09-03T10:33:00Z" u2:insauthor="Unknown"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></u1:place></p><p><strong><b><font size="4" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Press Release</span></font></b></strong><b><font size="4" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Verdana;color:#333366;font-weight:bold"><br> </span></font></b><strong><b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">Roberta Combs, President</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="1" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: Verdana;color:#333366"> </span></font></b></strong><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family! : "Times New Roman""><font size="1" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:#333366;font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></b></p> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="1" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:#333366;font-weight:bold"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"> </span></font></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span>Thursday, December 11, 2008</font></b></strong><strong><b><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:blue"> </span></font></b></strong><font size="2" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Verdana;color:#333366"> </span></font><font size="1" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#333366"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333366"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="4" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy"> </span></font><strong><b><font size="4" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana; color:navy">Christian Coalition of America condemns Anti-Christian bigotry on part of Governor Gregoire</span></font></b></strong><font color="#333366"><span style="color:#333366"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" color="#333366" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#333366"> </span></font><font size="1" color="#333366" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#333366"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Washington</span></font></b></st1:city><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold"> <st1:state w:st="on">D.C.</st1:state></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:navy;font-weight:bold"> </span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:navy">–"There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds." <b><span style="font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#00007f" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#00007F"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">This is what a poster in the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:state> state capitol building says as it is displayed right next to a Nativity scene depicting the Christmas story and with a huge bust of George Washington between them. </span></font><font size="2" color="#00007f" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Verdana;color:#00007F"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#00007f" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#00007F"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">The President of the Christian Coalition of <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>, Roberta Combs said: <strong><b><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:Verdana">"Governor Christine Gregoire has carried political correctness to the extreme by allowing such hateful speech against Christians and Christianity to be so prominently displayed in the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:state> state capitol building. Christian Coalition of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> urges her to immediately remove this abominable display." </span></font></b></strong></span></font><font size="2" color="#00007f" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:#00007F"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#00007f" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#00007F"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy">It seems each Christmas season, atheists attempt to reach new heights in antagonizing Christians and Jewish people in the case of the Hanukkah holiday. 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